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deadbabeyesterday at 8:57 PM1 replyview on HN

In real business, all important software is capable of killing someone or cause monetary loss through incorrectness or loss of functionality due to performance failures.

If that doesn’t apply, you are just writing toy apps or front ends that are of no real significance, so yes you could carry on with incorrect code in those cases, but it’s not much of a career either.


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nilirlyesterday at 9:13 PM

Thank you for illuminating the realities of real business.

It made me realize I've only had the misfortune of being employed at fake ones.